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Bonnie Simmons 1995 KPFA 94.1 FM Berkeley

by: Bonnie Simmons-KPFA

Publication date: 1995-09-28

Topics: Bonnie Simmons, KPFA, Berkeley, CA, KSAN, KFOG, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, FM broadcast, aircheck, freeform FM

Language: English

Item Size: 222.0M

FM radio veteran Bonnie Simmons, on her weekly show on KPFA 94.1 in Berkeley, CA. The Bonnie Simmons Show can be heard on KPFA on Thursday nights at 8 pm, and also online: https://kpfa.org/program/the-bonnie-simmons-show/

Bonnie Simmons presents a unique mix of singer/songwriter folk, rock, soul, country, and R&B. She often presents interviews and live performances from the KPFA Performance Room during her weekly show.

Bonnie Simmons is a California radio personality and Audio Director of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Simmons is also Executive Director of the Bill Graham Memorial Foundation, and runs the transport dept. for Hardly Strictly Bluegrass. She is also a band manager, currently managing or having previously managed Cake, Noe Venable and Etienne de Rocher.

Bonnie got her start at KSAN ("The Jive 95") in 1968 as the record librarian, then became music librarian, music director, and on-air DJ. Bonnie became KSAN's Program Director in 1975, following the sudden death of KSAN co-founder Tom "Big Daddy" Donahue. She also worked on other Bay Area radio stations KFOG, Live 105 (KITS), KOFY-FM, Double 99 (KDBK) and KUSF, before joining KPFA in the '90s.

Cover art derived from a KPFA bumper sticker.

Follow Bonnie Simmons on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thebonniesimmonsshow/

Read a 2010 interview with Bonnie in SF Gate:

https://www.sfgate.com/entertainment/article/For-DJ-Bonnie-Simmons-the-music-never-gets-old-3196564.php

Read about Bonnie's induction into the Bay Area Radio Hall of Fame:

https://www.radiosurvivor.com/2010/08/bonnie-simmons-inducted-into-bay-area-radio-hall-of-fame/

Hear other KPFA broadcast recordings on FM Radio Archive:

https://archive.org/details/fmradioarchive?tab=collection&query=kpfa